Samsung's Galaxy S/Galaxy S Pro smart phones have takent the market by storm, selling over 1 million units in the U.S. in one and a half months (T-Mobile's "Vibrant" Galaxy S model shown here). (Source: T-Mobile)

Samsung is making a strong bid for Android dominance

Fueled
by its ultra-fast proprietary Hummingbird 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU
(co-developed with Intrinsity), Samsung's Galaxy S and Galaxy S Pro
Android smartphones offer beastly performance. It will also be
among the select set of Android smartphones to receive Android
2.2 Froyo, which should offer a further boost to performance.

The Galaxy S sales numbers are also
impressive considering that Samsung is a relatively fresh face to the
Android arena. Traditionally, HTC and Motorola have been the
top Android handset makers (as one might note by the above mentioned
models).

Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Mobile states,
"Bringing Galaxy S devices to multiple carriers has given
Samsung Mobile the opportunity to reach millions of consumers.
I am proud of the instant success of the Galaxy S line up and I am
very pleased to announce that because of the support of our carrier
partners and loyal customers, we have shipped one million Galaxy S
devices in the U.S. market. Samsung Mobile looks forward to sharing
additional Galaxy S milestones in the future."

Aside from
solid specs, Samsung credits a concerted advertising push with
helping customers notice the new phone. Samsung was a sponsor
of X Games 16 and showed ads in movie theaters. It also aired
ad clips on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN and MTV promoting the phone.

It
is very important to note that that Samsung managed all this before
it even made it to America's largest carrier, Verizon. When
the Galaxy
S variant "Fascinate" hits Verizon in September,
expect more sales fireworks for the company.

All this bodes
extremely well for Samsung's upcoming tablet dubbed the Galaxy Tab.
Using the same Hummingbird processor, 7-inch AMOLED touchscreen,
and other high end components, the diminutive Tab looks to rival
Apple's iPad in features and performance. The device will be
officially introduced at the IFA
consumer electronics conference in Berlin on September 2 and
is expected to launch shortly thereafter.

Updated: Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 1:40 p.m.-

Apparently the folks at Boy Genius Report obtained some Verizon documents that state that the Fascinate will be released September 9. While that's by no means an official announcement from Verizon, similar leaks have proven true in the past. Looks like Verizon customers won't have to endure a very long wait for the Galaxy S.

Expect Samsung to post even more impressive sales marks once Verizon throws its weight behind the hit handset.

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Unfortunately, the smartphone market is pretty young, and many smartphones unfortunately are already outdated months after it is released. The galaxy S smartphones are their flagship smartphones, so I would expect good support for them. I think we are at a point where we start seeing who are the laggards of the smartphone market. HTC comes out with good software despite so-so hardware. Motorola is a mix, Droid support is relatively good, while their mid tier smartphone like backflip and cliq support is dismal. Other smartphones like Sony/Erisson, Garmin, Dell, and others are behind the pack.

Only the devices that aren't getting pushed to 2.2 are really outdated. For Verizon that would be Eris and Devour.

And you should NOT expect good support from Samsung. They have a VERY spotty record when it comes to mobile devices. They fact that they can't get the Galaxy-class devices up to Froyo before Thanksgiving is sign of horrible things to come. HTC and Motorola will be pushing their 1ghz+ devices up to Gingerbread at about the same time.